Best Prime Day October 2024 Deals You Can Still Get By Avram Piltch, Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, Andrew E. Freedman, Matt Safford, Les Pounder, Brandon Hill, Paul Alcorn, Jarred Walton last updated 10 October 24 The deal holiday is officially over but savings continue on Amazon and its competitors.
Best RTX 4090 desktop deal: Fully-loaded Alienware PC is $1,000 off By Andrew E. Freedman published 9 October 24 The Alienware Aurora R16 is $1,000 off at Dell, making it the cheapest pre-built with an RTX 4090 we've seen during October Prime sales.
Alienware m16 R2 is up to $500 off with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H By Andrew E. Freedman published 8 October 24 Opposite Prime Day, Dell has the Alienware m16 R2 on ssale
Microsoft launches Windows 11 24H2 alongside several new Copilot features By Andrew E. Freedman published 1 October 24 Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 24H2, and is introducing its next round of features for Copilot+ PCs, including bringing back Recall.
Microsoft describes Recall's new security features, says the feature is opt-in By Andrew E. Freedman published 27 September 24 Microsoft is detailing a new security model for Recall following a major PR blunder and concerns about the feature earlier this year.
Asus Zenbook S14 review: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V makes its debut By Andrew E. Freedman published 24 September 24 The Asus Zenbook S14, the first laptop we’ve tested with Intel’s Lunar Lake. It has longer battery life than last year, but lesser performance in multi-core workloads.
Qualcomm approached Intel about acquisition, report claims By Andrew E. Freedman published 20 September 24 Qualcomm reportedly approached Intel to discuss a takeover, but a deal is "far from certain."
HP Omen 35L review: Testing a quiet mid-tower By Andrew E. Freedman published 12 September 24 The HP Omen 35L is a quiet gaming PC with standardized parts and powerful performance, with a few questionable design choices.
PS5 Pro confirmed — New PlayStation will cost $699.99 on November 5 with larger GPU and PSSR Upscaling By Jarred Walton, Andrew E. Freedman published 10 September 24 Sony announced the PS5 Pro, which will launch on November 5 with a larger GPU and PSSR upscaling as well as better ray tracing. The optical drive will be sold separately, as expected.
Apple's A18 and A18 Pro processors powers the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro — and Apple Intelligence By Brandon Hill, Andrew E. Freedman published 9 September 24 Apple's new A18 and A18 Pro processors are the first designed for Apple Intelligence and is powering the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro.
Best of IFA 2024: New CPUs, new laptops, and more By Matt Safford published 7 September 24 The most innovative and interesting products that debuted at Berlin's tech show.
Lenovo's new AI-powered Yogas and IdeaPads use Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen AI 300 By Andrew E. Freedman published 5 September 24 Lenovo brought new Yogas to IFA in Berlin, powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) and AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors.
Acer Nitro Blaze 7 gaming handheld with Ryzen 8040 revealed at IFA By Andrew E. Freedman last updated 5 September 24 Acer introduced new Nitro gaming PCs, including a new handheld and laptops with both Intel and AMD processors.
Asus brings Intel Lunar Lake to Zenbook and Vivobook S14 By Andrew E. Freedman published 4 September 24 Asus is updating its laptop lineup with Intel Lunar Lake with the new Zenbook S14, Vivobook S14, and Expertbook P5.
Acer's new Swift Laptops include Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips By Andrew E. Freedman published 4 September 24 Acer's new lineup of Swift laptops at IFA include chips from all the major vendors, with a big focus on AI performance.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus now comes in 8-core variants By Andrew E. Freedman published 4 September 24 The Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core has slower multi-threaded performance, a lower-end GPU, and lesser camera support, but it should bring down prices for Snapdragon laptops.
Microsoft's Surface Pros with Snapdragon come to businesses By Andrew E. Freedman published 4 September 24 Microsoft is bringing its Snapdragon X-based Surface Pro and Surface Laptop to businesses, and adding 5G to the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 10.
MSI's new productivity laptops boast Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Ryzen AI 300 By Andrew E. Freedman published 3 September 24 MSI brought productivity laptops to IFA, with the latest chips from both Intel and AMD. There's also a single gaming laptop, the MSI Stealth.
Intel Core Ultra Series 2 comes to the Dell XPS 13 By Andrew E. Freedman published 3 September 24 The Dell XPS 13 9350 uses Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 processor for up to 28W of performance and longer battery life, but the chassis is unchanged.
Acer Swift 14 AI review: Lots of ports, long battery life, weird AI indicator By Andrew E. Freedman published 30 August 24 The Acer Swift 14 AI has lots of USB ports, a fast SSD, and long battery life, but Acer has chosen to smother it with AI bloat on the hardware and the software.
Microsoft backports AMD branch prediction improvement to Windows 11 23H2, update available now — more users will see Ryzen performance improvements By Andrew E. Freedman published 27 August 24 Microsoft is backporting branch prediction optimizations in Windows 11 24H2 to Windows 11 23H2. With an update, you can get bumps to Zen 3, 4, and 5.
Sony PlayStation Accessories app continues inroads into PC gaming — customizes DualSense Edge PS5 controller on Windows By Andrew E. Freedman published 27 August 24 PlayStation's increased push into PC gaming has led to the Accessories app, which lets you customize the. DualSense Edge PS5 controller.
Nvidia officially announces a new RTX 4070 with slower GDDR6 memory — says performance will be similar to the GDDR6X version By Andrew E. Freedman published 20 August 24 Nvidia is adding GDDR6 memory to the RTX 4070 in order to improve supply. It shouldn't affect performance much if at all, but sadly probably won't change the pricing either.
Geekbench AI gets renamed, hits version 1.0 By Andrew E. Freedman published 15 August 24 Geekbench AI has hit a general release with version 1.0, and is available for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Linux.
Intel reportedly gave up a chance to buy a stake in OpenAI in 2017 By Andrew E. Freedman published 7 August 24 Reuters reports that Intel had a chance to buy a stake in OpenAI in 2017 and 2018, but CEO Bob Swan didn't think AI models would make a splash anytime soon.
